Art Books

Talbot

Hey everyone!

Recently I've been looking into getting some inspirational art books off amazon or something. They don't have to be game art... they can be anything. But the purpose is to just expand my imagination... which I've been having some trouble doing recently. So do any of you have any suggestions? If at all possible, cheaper is better

Thanks.

ErichWK

[ame="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1873200137"]http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1873200137[/ame]

Talbot

So expensive! It looks sick though...

Kwramm

oh cool book - added to the wish list!! Kowloon is awesome in how run down it is and yet full of activity...when the weather is bad it's really like some sort of bladerunner-esque ground levels. The walled city must have been even more strange.

Zipfinator

Some art books I've been very happy with:

Guild Wars 2 Art Book
Half-Life 2: Raising the Bar (Out of print for 5 years so you may not be able to find a copy)
The Lord of the Rings The Art of The Fellowship of the Ring
The Lord of the Rings The Art of The Two Towers
The Lord of the Rings The Art of The Return of the King

expressmart

wow cool , i love these books

rube

Avatar: The Last Airbender (the tv show not the movie) is a really nice book.

murph

this should help you in your quest:

http://parkablogs.com/content/list-of-art-books-reviewed

pior

The best :

[ame]http://www.amazon.com/Shadowline-Art-Iain-McCaig/dp/1933784245/ref=tmm_hrd_title_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1302501358&sr=8-1[/ame]


The other best :

[ame]http://www.amazon.com/Art-District-Weta-Workshop/dp/0062064304/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1302501613&sr=1-1[/ame]


And the absolute best :

[ame]http://www.amazon.com/How-Make-Picture-Norman-Rockwell/dp/0823023842/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1302501653&sr=1-2[/ame]

Fingus

The Monster Hunter art books are full of awesome concept art and give a pretty good look into their pipeline. Well worth checking out in my opinion.

dregoloth

'A Bit of Madness' is pretty awesome.

[ame]http://www.amazon.com/Bit-Madness-Civiello/dp/0975380893[/ame]

It's not an art book, but it has some awesome art in it.

XenoKratios

There's some free alternatives.
http://www.archive.org/
http://openlibrary.org/
http://coolvibe.com/

Look hard enough and you find some gems.
http://www.archive.org/stream/constructiveanat00briduoft#page/n5/mode/2up

If you are willing to spend some $$

http://www.blacklibrary.com/

Vrav

http://www.archive.org/details/practicescienceo00speerich

Stinger88

Theres a good few threads on here like this. Might be worth a search.

Exodyssey
Steampainting Spark!
Jonny Duddle, The Pirate Cruncher

InMOP

murph wrote: »

this should help you in your quest:

http://parkablogs.com/content/list-of-art-books-reviewed

When it comes to art books Parkablogs is all you need son

Snowfly

Seconding District 9, it's one of the cheaper art books out there as well. I got mine for USD35

Wahlgren

http://shop.3dtotal.com/books/atomhawk-design-volume-1.html

This one. No questions asked. Just got it and the quality and variation blows everything else away. Best one I currently own!

Zephiris

The Art of Oddworld Inhabitants is my all time favorite artbook